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The Complex closure is a symptom of no infrastructure strategy for the arts

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Culture Spokesperson Deputy Rob O’Donoghue has struck out against the lack of artistic and cultural infrastructure funding which made the closure of The Complex inevitable. Deputy O’Donoghue said: “Events like the closure of The Complex are no longer unexpected or sudden. Despite the massive groundswell of support gathered to…

16 January 2026

X refusal to attend Oireachtas Committee is disgraceful

News – The Labour Party Google, Meta and TikTok agree to attend Committee Chairperson of the Oireachtas Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee and Labour Party TD Alan Kelly has expressed his deep concern at the refusal of X to appear before the Oireachtas Committee. Deputy Kelly said: “The manner in which X have…

16 January 2026

Labour demands action on commuting crisis

News – The Labour Party Labour Private Members’ Motion in the Dáil on Wednesday 21st January Commuting chaos driven by Government inaction No legal right to flexible work for employees Public transport delays forcing workers into cars Commuting in Ireland is no longer working, with workers paying the price as employers demand a return to…

16 January 2026

Europe must take a stand on X – including being prepared to ban the platform outright, says Ó Ríordáin

News – The Labour PartyLabour MEP for Dublin Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has written today to EU Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen calling for decisive action against the platform X, including the possibility of banning access in the EU, following serious concerns around the spread of child sexual abuse material and the platform’s ongoing failure to…

16 January 2026

App stores must suspend downloading of Grok as stop gap solution

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee Alan Kelly has called on Apple and Google to suspend access to the Grok app on their stores. Deputy Kelly said: “This is a stop gap measure but an important one to limit access to Grok….

15 January 2026

SUSI IT overspend exposes public spending failure

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Eoghan Kenny TD and Senator Laura Harmon have today demanded urgent accountability from Government following revelations at the Dáil Public Accounts Committee that the cost of an IT system for the State’s student grant scheme, SUSI, has overrun by almost three times its original €2.2 million budget. They said the…

15 January 2026

Cost of living still spiralling as Government runs out of answers

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Duncan Smith TD has today called on the Government to urgently intervene to protect households from relentless cost of living pressures, after new Consumer Price Index figures confirmed that families continue to face rising prices across groceries, energy, insurance and education. Speaking in the Dáil at Leaders’ Questions today, Deputy…

15 January 2026

X statement not worth paper it’s written on – Kelly

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee Alan Kelly has called for more robust legislation to deal with online platforms in the wake of the X Grok scandal. Deputy Kelly said: “It is unbelievable that it has taken X as long as it…

15 January 2026

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